Nobody Cares This post is dedicated to the late Al Davis. Rest in peace. “Just win baby.”—Al Davis Back in the bad old days when I was running Loudcloud, I thought to myself: how could I have possibly prepared for this? As I was feely sorry for myself, I randomly watched an interview with famous football coach Bill Parcells. That might be the best CEO advice ever. And they are right not to care. All the mental energy that you use to elaborate your misery would be far better used trying to find the one, seemingly impossible way out of your current mess.
ITER Coordinates: The project is funded and run by seven member entities — the European Union, India, Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and the United States. The EU, as host party for the ITER complex, is contributing about 45 percent of the cost, with the other six parties contributing approximately 9 percent each.[2][3][4] The ITER fusion reactor has been designed to produce 500 megawatts of output power while needing 50 megawatts to operate.[5] Thereby the machine aims to demonstrate the principle of producing more energy from the fusion process than is used to initiate it, something that has not yet been achieved in any fusion reactor. Background[edit] Fusion power has the potential to provide sufficient energy to satisfy mounting demand, and to do so sustainably, with a relatively small impact on the environment. Nuclear fusion has many potential attractions. Organization history[edit] Objectives[edit] Timeline and current status[edit] Reactor overview[edit]
Addressing The Shortage Of Women In Silicon Valley Hide caption Although Silicon Valley faces challenges in recruiting more female employees, woman have played vital roles throughout the history of computing. Augusta Ada Byron King, daughter of the poet Lord Byron, assisted Charles Babbage in the 1840s with his description of the Analytical Engine, the original design for a computing machine. Her notes on the theoretical machine are thought to be an early model for software, over 100 years before it became a reality. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Hide caption Grace Murray Hopper was a Navy rear admiral who in 1946 compiled a 500-page manual for the Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest programmable computers. She developed the first compiler, which allowed programmers to code in their own language instead of rows of 1s and 0s, and later worked on computer languages. Hide caption In October, Virginia Rometty was named IBM's first female CEO in its 100-year history. Courtesty Anita Borg Institute
Quien es esta chica Recuerda a una de las modelos de las obras prerrafaelistas. O a una de un óleo de Tiziano. O a un personaje de un cuento de Lewis Carroll. Florence es magnética e indómita: no encaja en el patrón. – El día de Halloween publica su segundo álbum, Ceremonials. – No elegí la fecha. – Pero reconocerá que encaja bastante bien con su estilo. – Sí. Es parca y huidiza. Vestidos vaporosos, flores, referencias a la Ofelia de Millais (en su vídeo Rabbit Heart baja un río dentro de un ataúd abierto), diosas griegas, pompones gigantescos… ¿De dónde surge toda esa parafernalia onírica? ¿Su icono estético? Su madre es otra pieza del puzle. Estudió Bellas Artes en la Universidad Camberwell de Londres. Su biografía daría para un guion televisivo. No es una recién llegada. Su suerte cambió en 2006. Atrae el caos. Londres es su hábitat. Se ha convertido en una habitual de las revistas de tendencias.
Barry Michels, Therapist for Blocked Screenwriters The writer was in despair. For a year and a half, he had been trying to write a script that he owed to a studio, and had been unable to produce anything. Finally, he started seeing a therapist. The therapist, Barry Michels, told him to close his eyes and focus on the things he was grateful for. The first time he did this, in the therapist’s office, there was a long silence. “What about your dog?” Michels also told the writer to get an egg timer. A few weeks later, the writer was startled from his sleep by a voice: it sounded like a woman talking at a dinner party. Michels, in the words of a former patient, is an “open secret” in Hollywood. Michels is fifty-seven and trim, with a clipped beard surrounding his mouth and silver hair that ripples back in waves from a high forehead. As he finished his training, Michels, already disenchanted with what he felt was the passivity of traditional therapy, met Stutz, who became his supervisor. But simply being a Stutz patient confers status.
My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist I’ve had a post in my head for months – maybe longer – about the role of a CEO. It originally appeared on TechCrunch as a guest post but just in case you missed it there. My primary role was “chief psychologist” and as I’ve learned over the past few years the same has been true as a VC. I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholdersRecruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Matt Blumberg, who runs one of Fred’s portfolio companies, Return Path, follows up with an additional three: Don’t be a bottleneck (make sure you aren’t holding up people’s work)Run great meetings (don’t be a productivity drain on the company)Stay fresh (be mentally and physically fit & attuned to what is going on in the world) Howard Lindzon weighed in with his comments: Raising moneySelling the companyHiring & Firing the CEO 1. And the opposite is also true. 2.
Russia: Israeli threat of strikes on Iran 'a mistake' 7 November 2011Last updated at 09:48 Iran insists its nuclear programme is solely to generate power for civilian use Military action against Iran would be a "very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences", Russia's foreign minister has warned. Sergei Lavrov said diplomacy, not missile strikes, was the only way to solve the Iranian nuclear problem. His comments come after Israeli President Shimon Peres said an attack on Iran was becoming more likely. The UN's atomic watchdog is expected to say this week that Iran is secretly developing a nuclear arms capability. Diplomats say the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report, due for release on Tuesday or Wednesday, will produce compelling evidence that Iran will find hard to dispute. Iran has always insisted that its nuclear programme is exclusively to generate power for civilian purposes. Time 'running out' Continue reading the main story “Start Quote End QuoteShimon PeresIsraeli President
Use Your Phone Number to Make Purchase Online Boku Use your mobile phone number instead of your credit card to buy online. Online shopping once required a credit card. Boku makes it possible to make purchases online using a mobile phone number instead. Because the cell phone carriers charge merchants fees as high as 35% for this kind of transaction, Boku started out by exclusively targeting virtual goods. Co-founder Ron Hirson says that the company next aims to expand as a payment method for pay-walled content. Boku launched in 2008 when Hirson, Mark Britto and Erich Ringewald — all of whom had founded and sold other companies at this point — acquired mobile payment companies Paymo and Mobillcash. While Boku faces competition from companies like Zong , onebip and Fortumo they claim to have the largest reach. With the company already making about one transaction every second, we’re not making an astounding prediction by betting on its success. Sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark
En la cúspide del periodismo Jill Abramson, la primera mujer directora de The New York Times, iba hacia un gimnasio en el centro de Manhattan, una mañana de mayo de 2007, cuando un camión frigorífico la atropelló. Fractura de pelvis y pierna, lesiones internas, transfusiones de sangre, placas de metal, tres semanas en el hospital, meses en una silla de ruedas, luego muletas, luego un bastón. Un año después estaba escalando una montaña en el parque nacional de Yellowstone. Se resbaló, cayó por la ladera, se rompió la muñeca y se dislocó el hombro. Tuvieron que llevarla en helicóptero al hospital, donde los cirujanos le insertaron una placa de metal más. Jane Mayer, amiga íntima de Abramson y corresponsal de The New Yorker en Washington, insistía en una entrevista en que sigue siendo difícil encontrar a una mujer que ocupe un cargo importante en cualquier empresa o institución a la que no se califique de "dama de hierro". El periodismo es para ella como las órdenes sagradas para un sacerdote Jill Abramson Y así fue.
Pulitzer Prizes: Unlikely Los Angeles Times duo wins Pulitzer Prize for Bell coverage - Page 2 When the city of Maywood's finances and staffing started to come unglued, the call went out for a veteran to team with Vives, who had been assigned just months before to cover the working-class cities of Southeast Los Angeles County — cities filled with a lot of people with backgrounds just like his. The match was made. Last July, Vives and Gottlieb walked into Bell City Hall. The city administrator, Robert Rizzo, wouldn't see them, which seemed a bit odd. They instead met with City Clerk Rebecca Valdez. Rizzo finally relented and agreed to a meeting. When Gottlieb asked Rizzo how much he made per year, the answer came out with a cough: "$700,000" (actually closer to $800,000). Within days, The Times swarmed the story with a platoon of reporters: Paloma Esquivel, Richard Winton, Kim Christensen, Robert J. At future meetings in the city, the locals greeted Vives and Gottlieb with back slaps and autograph requests. james.rainey@latimes.com
Why We Prefer Founding CEOs You’re just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maidI’ll be here when it fade to watch you flip like a renegade”—Rakim, Follow The Leader When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm, the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs. The conventional wisdom says a startup CEO should make way for a professional CEO once the company has achieved product-market fit. The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. were the driving force behind Intel and IBM, respectively. In addition, founders run today's most promising new companies such as Zynga (Mark Pincus), Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg), Twitter (Ev Williams), Workday (Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri) and Fusion-io (David Flynn). The underlying reasons The innovation business
National minimum wage - Pay The national minimum wage is the minimum wage that applies to employees who aren’t covered by an award or agreement. It covers the whole national workplace relations system. Most employees in the national workplace relations system are covered by an award. See Finding the Right Pay for tools and information to help you find minimum wages under awards. National minimum wage for adults Currently the full-time minimum wage is $16.37 per hour or $622.20 per week. Casuals covered by the national minimum wage get an extra 24% ($20.30 per hour). National minimum wages for apprentices, juniors & trainees There are special national minimum wages for trainees, apprentices and juniors who don’t have an award or agreement. Juniors: Apprentices Apprentices who aren’t covered by an award or agreement are entitled to the relevant rates in the Miscellaneous Award 2010. Trainees National minimum wages for employees with a disability There are 2 special national minimum wages for employees with disability.